The Procter & Gamble Company

Kelyn Anne Arora

John Lee Hammons

Timothy Ian Mullane

Jill Marlene Orr

Donald Carroll Roe

John Brian Strube

Nathan Ray Whitely

Amanda Margaret Bicking

Arman Ashraf

Paul Thomas Weisman

John Joseph Curro

Rachael Eden Walther

Jennifer Lynn Dusold

Ann Cecilia Tapp

Margaret Elizabeth Porter

Jennifer Schutte

Karen Denise McAffry

Shirdish Poondru

Stephanie Niezgoda Moss

Christopher Philip Bewick-Sonntag

Hugh Joseph O'Donnell

Misael Omar Aviles

John Richard Noel

Matthew Steven Ritter

Dean Larry DuVal

Jean Jianqun Zhao

Jean-Philippe Marie Autran

Adrien Grenier

Brian Francis Gray

Gary Wayne Gilbertson

Lennie CruzMurphy

Robert Haines Turner

Norman Scott Broyles

Jody Lynn Hoying

Douglas Herrin Benson

Ryo Minoguchi

Vincent Sean Breidenbach

Fredrick William Gibson

Alizha Victoria Smith

Margaret Henderson Hasse

Eric Bryan Bond

Emma Lynn Sartini

Rajeev Chhabra

David Andrew Dalton

Antonius Lambertus DeBeer

Gerard A Viens

Tana Marie Kirkbride

Sarah Beth Gross

Sara Lyn Giovanni

Clint Adam Morrow

Sarah Ann Sanborn

Donna Rene Hill

Jeffrey Tupper Roesgen

William Hollis Hood

Callida Williams Ludher

Colleen Marie Neal

Stephanie Michelle Niezgoda

Urmish Popatlal Dalal

Torsten Lindner

Holger Beruda

Olaf Erik Alexander Isele

Michael Devin Long

Letha Margie Hines

Gueltekin Erdem

James Terry Knapmeyer

Wade Monroe Hubbard, Jr

David Harry Melik

Rong Deng

Ricky Alan Pollard

Morten Rise Hansen

Kevin Ronald Kanya

Olaf Erik Isele

Ray Dennis Dria

Jan Claussen

Brian Udengaard

Leroy Joseph Kocher

William Patton Peace

Jennifer Rodic

Daniel Steven Wheeler

Thomas Broch

Dirk Wolfram Schubert

Lennie Cruz Murphy

Barbara Harling Hede

Franz Josef Lanyi

Jean-Phillipe Marie Autran

Timothy Lane Mullane

Jeffrey Allen Auer

Frederick William Gibson

Montgomery C Collier

Urmish Popatial Dalal

Dean Larry Duval

Wade Monroe Hubbard

Antonius Lambertus Debeer

Christopher Philip Bewicksonntag

Nisael Omar Aviles

Sally Sujin Yoon

A nonwoven fabric. The nonwoven fabric can include a first surface and a second surface and a visually discernible pattern of three-dimensional features on one of the first or second surface. Each of the three-dimensional features can define a microzone comprising a first region and a second region. The first and second regions can have a difference in values for an intensive property.

Shaped nonwoven

Patterned fibrous substrates having a plurality of individual fibers, a first region, and a second region are provided. The first region is visually discernable from the second region. The first region has a first region fluid permeability score (PS1), and the second region has a second region fluid permeability score (PS2). The first region fluid permeability score (PS1) is different than the second region fluid permeability score (PS2). The first region fluid permeability score (PS1) and the second region fluid permeability score (PS2) are both greater than 5 Darcy.

Fluid permeable patterned fibrous substrates

An absorbent article is disclosed. The article includes a topsheet formed of a section of formed nonwoven web material having an ordered arrangement of zones, each zone comprising one or more attenuated regions adjacent to one or more built-up regions, wherein the attenuated regions have a first average basis weight and the built-up regions have a second average basis weight, wherein the first average basis weight is less than the second average basis weight, the difference in basis weights corresponding to disposition of the filaments according to the ordered arrangement. The attenuated region(s) may be included within a configuration of one or more channel portions on the topsheet. Alternatively or in combination, the attenuated region(s) may be included within a hinge portion extending along a wing portion of the topsheet.

Absorbent article with function-formed topsheet, and method for manufacturing

A disposable absorbent article has a topsheet; a backsheet; an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet; and a first plurality of conforming features in at least the absorbent core or a combination of the absorbent core and the topsheet. At least a portion of the are depressions, wherein the depressions have a depression centerline bisecting a length and/or width of the depression. A first strut forms a first sidewall of the depression opposite a second sidewall of the depression formed by a second strut, wherein neither of the first strut nor the second strut extend longitudinally and/or laterally beyond the depression centerline by more than 0.75 mm.

Absorbent article with conforming features

An absorbent article is disclosed. The article includes a topsheet formed of a section of formed nonwoven web material having an ordered arrangement of zones, each zone comprising one or more attenuated regions adjacent to one or more built-up regions, wherein the attenuated regions have a first average basis weight and the built-up regions have a second average basis weight, wherein the first average basis weight is less than the second average basis weight, the difference in basis weights corresponding to disposition of the filaments according to the ordered arrangement. The attenuated region(s) may include a plurality of discrete low bulk portions arranged in a pattern disposed along a longitudinal axis of the article, which facilitate z-direction movement of fluid through the topsheet and inhibit spreading of a fluid stain along the topsheet in the x and y directions.

A disposable absorbent article is described herein. The disposable absorbent article includes a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent system disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet. At least a portion of the has a plurality of conforming features such that the absorbent article has a blot residual value of less than 30 mg and a bending stiffness of less than 12.

A patterned apertured web is disclosed. The patterned apertured web includes a plurality of land areas in the patterned apertured web and a plurality of apertures defined in the patterned apertured web. At least some land areas of the plurality of land areas surround at least some apertures of the plurality of apertures. The patterned apertured web has an Effective Open Area in the range of about 3% to about 30%, according to the Aperture Test herein. The patterned apertured web has a plurality of Interaperture Distances, according to the Aperture Test herein. The Interaperture Distances have a distribution having a median and a mean. The plurality of apertures include a first set of apertures defining a first shape and a second set of apertures defining a second shape.

Patterned apertured webs

A nonwoven fabric comprises a first surface, a second surface, and a visually discernible pattern on at least one of the first and second surfaces. The visually discernible pattern has a regular, repeating pattern of three-dimensional features. Each of the three-dimensional features define a microzone comprising a first region and a second region. The first and second regions having a difference in values for an intensive property. The first surface has a TS7 value in the range of about 1 dB Vrms to about 15 dB Vrms. The second surface has a TS7 value in the range of about 1 dB Vrms to about 15 dB Vrms. A ratio of the TS7 value of the first surface to the TS7 value of the second surface is in the range of about 1 to about 3.

Method for making a shaped nonwoven

The present disclosure is directed, in part, to webs or topsheets for absorbent articles and methods of making the same. The webs and topsheets include bicomponent fibers having a first component and a second component, wherein the first component has a different hydrophilicity than the second component. The webs and topsheets include a continuous land area and discrete zones of modified surface energy. One of the first and second components forms an outer surface of the fibers in the continuous land area and the other of the components at least partially forms an outer surface of the fibers in the discrete zones of modified surface energy such that the discrete zones of modified surface energy have a different hydrophilicity than the continuous land area.

Webs for absorbent articles and methods of making the same

An absorbent article in the form of a feminine hygiene pad is disclosed. The article includes a topsheet formed of a section of formed nonwoven web material having an ordered arrangement of zones, each zone comprising one or more attenuated regions adjacent to one or more built-up regions, wherein the attenuated regions have a first average basis weight and the built-up regions have a second average basis weight. Through configuration of the regions and the ordered arrangement, inclusion of melt additive to the resin(s) from which the filaments are spun and/or application of a surfactant to a surface of the topsheet, the topsheet may be imparted with a Rewet of no greater than 0.50 g and an Acquisition Time of no greater than 25 seconds, balancing competing topsheet performance characteristics in a manner acceptable or preferable for consumers/users.

A patterned apertured web is disclosed. The patterned apertured web includes a plurality of land areas in the patterned apertured web and a plurality of apertures defined in the patterned apertured web. At least some land areas of the plurality of land areas surround at least some apertures of the plurality of apertures. The patterned apertured web has an Effective Open Area in the range of about 3% to about 30%, according to the Aperture Test herein. The patterned apertured web has a plurality of Interaperture Distances, according to the Aperture Test herein. The Interaperture Distances have a distribution having a median and a mean.

An absorbent article having a nonwoven topsheet, a backsheet, an absorbent core disposed therebetween, and a fluid management layer disposed between the topsheet and the absorbent core is disclosed. The fluid management layer is an integrated nonwoven material having a basis weight in a range of from 40 gsm to 75 gsm and has 10 percent to about 60 percent by weight of absorbent fibers, from between about 15 percent to about 70 percent of resilient fibers, and from between about 25 percent to about 70 percent stiffening fibers. The absorbent article exhibits a third dose acquisition time of less than 10 seconds, more preferably less than 8 seconds, and most preferably less than 7 seconds, and a Rewet of no greater than 0.40 g, more preferably less than about 0.3 grams, or most preferably less than about 0.2 grams.

Absorbent article with improved performance

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Kelyn Anne Arora